Toy machine gun



March 9, 1937. F. s. ALONSO Y 2,073,544

TOY MACHINE GUN Filed June 28, 1955 Z a` 3 Lf/W1.

ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENToFFlcE ApplicationJune 28,

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in toy machine guns, or cannons,for shooting shot, pellets, or similar missiles.

'Ihe primary object of my invention is to provide a simply constructedself-loading toy gun operative easily by a small child to rapidly ejectsuch missiles for a considerable distance.

Another object of my invention is to equip such a gun with a gravitymagazine feed, and an ejectl0 ing mechanism, and a single rotatablemember for controlling said feed and operating said mechanism repeatedlyduring a single rotation of said member.

Other and subordinate objects will presently appear and the nature of myinvention will be clearly understood.' when the following descriptionand claim are read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a View in top plan, with parts shown in section, of myimproved gun showing the interior mechanism, the parts thereof being innormal position.

Figure 2 is a view in transverse section, taken on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 3 is a view in longitudinal section, taken on the line 3 3 ofFigure 1, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

The illustrated embodiment of my invention comprises a casing Ipreferably rectangular in shape, and including a flat bottom plate 2,side and end walls 3 and 4, respectively, and a top plate 5 removablysecured in position as by screws B. A cylindrical barrel I projects fromthe casing I through one end wall 4 and is secured to the bottom plate 2by flanges 8 on said barrel and screws 9 passing through said anges. Theinner breach end of the barrel I is curved in the arc of a circle as atlil, and provided opposite the bottom plate 2 with a similarly curvedslot I I and a flat ledge I2 at one end of said slot, all for a purposepresently seen. An angle bracket I3 is se- 1935, Serial No. 28,952

Pivoted as at I8 to the bottom plate 2 are a pair `of loading andejecting arms I9 and 20, respectively, swinging intermediate the arm I5and the ledge I2 in an arc concentric with that of said slot II. A pairof springs 2| and 22, respectively, one for each of said loading andejecting arms are suitably connected to the related arm, and to abracket 24, fixed to the bottom plate 2, said springs holding the armsin normal position and under tension. The normal position of the loadingarm I9 is established by a stop 25 on said bracket 24 and that of theejecting arm 20 by the ledge I2 as best shown in Figure 2. The free endof loading arm I9 is provided with an aperture 21 which, in the normalposition of said arm, is axially aligned with the magazine tube I6 sothat a ball or pellet II is contained in said aperture 2'I and rests onthe ledge I2. An arcuate extension 28 formed on the loading arm I9 actsas a shutter, closing said magazine tube I6 when the loading arm I9 ismoved from normal position. A pick-up connection is provided between thearms I9 and 20 in the form of a lug 29 on the arm I9 and over-lying oneedge of the arm 20 so that the arm 20, when moved a short distance fromits normal position, will pick up the arm I9. The ejector arm 20 isprovided with an ejecting lug 30 extending into the barrel 1 by way ofthe slot II.

Rotatably mounted on a bracket 3| extending from the casing I is anoperating member in the form of a two-armed lever 32 havingv a crankmember 33 thereon and arranged so that its arms enter the casing Ithrough a slot 34 therein and engage and release the lug 35 on the lever20 with a wiping action.

In operating my improved gun the casing I is positioned upon a floor,table, or the like and held by one hand thereagainst and the operatingmember 32 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow. Rotationof member 32 engages the arms' thereof with the aforementioned lug 35and moves the ejector arm 29 from normal position to the extremeposition shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 at which point said member 32wipes past the lug 35 and releases said lever. At an inter--` mediatepoint in the movement shown by dotted lines in Figure 1, the lever 20picks up loading lever i9 by way of the lug 29 and moves the shot Ilcontained in the aperture 2l off the ledge I2 and over the slot I I,said shot falling into the barrel 1 by way of said slot and in iront ofthe ejector lug 30. During such loading movement of the arm I 9, theextension 28 closes the magazine I6. Upon release of the ejector arm 20,it snaps back to normal position under the combined action of thesprings 2| and 22, the shot is ejected and the loading arm I9 returnedto normal position as will be clear. It will be seen that the two-armedoperating member 32 controls the ejector lever 20 and the loading leverI9 to effect repeated loading and ring of said gun during a singlerotation of said member. In this connection, it is to be understood thatthe member 32 may embody a greater number of arms if desired, atwo-armed lever being shown merely for the purpose of illustrating theprinciples of the invention.

Other modifications may also be resorted to Without departing from theinventive concept'or the scope of.the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A toy machine-gun for shooting shot comprising, a flat casing adaptedfor location in horizontal position, a barrel having an arcuately curvedbreech end mounted in said casing and provided at said end with anarcuate slot in the top thereof terminating at its forward end in ashoulder portion, said barrel having an elevated ledge in front of saidshoulder portion, a gravity feed magazine adapted for depositing shot onsaid ledge, a horizontally swingable ejector arm having a free endguided for movement on the edges of said slot and an ejector lugextending into the breech end of the barrel, said arm being tensionedagainst movement toward said breech end and normally bearing againstsaid shoulder portion, a loading arm horizontally swingable to conveyshot deposited on said ledge to said slot for gravitational movementinto said breech end, said loading arm being tensioned against suchmovement and having a free end normally positioned over said ledge, amanipulative member for moving the ejector arm toward the breech end ofthe barrel With a wiping action, and a lug on the loading arm located inthe path of movement of the ejector arm providing a, pick-up connectionbetween said arms.

FRANCISCO S. ALONSO.

